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March 04, 2010

Feeling S.M.A.R.T.

We are very lucky. My nephew is a third year commerce student at the Asper School of Business. I talk to him a lot about our business - our challenges, our goals, our accomplishments. He is very interested in business ownership and his insight has helped many times.

Last night he stopped over to talk about some work he's helping Michelle and I with. We are re-evaluating all our costs and taking our cost formulations to a new level. We set up a time frame for our work. Tyson was telling me that all projects need to be S.M.A.R.T. - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results Oriented, and Timely. It was like a light bulb went off in my head.

Of course we all know that but do we ever consciously think about our projects as being SMART? I never have but let me tell you, it'll be the first thing on my mind from here on in. I love the acronym and love the images it conjures up in my mind.

Something so simple, mentioned in passing, will now have a huge impact on Tiber River. Cool! I must say that I'm feeling pretty SMART today and have taken another look at my TO DO list and will be making that much SMARTer too. I plan on being SMART all the time!